A philosophy professor examines the notions of free will and determinism through test methods used in social sciences. Experimental philosophy can likely help address other conundrums as well.

In philosophy, free will is defined as “the conduct of a human being which expresses personal choice, and is not determined by physical or divine forces.” People who believe in free will are called ...

(This article was coauthored with Kathleen D. Vohs and first published in Dialogue, the newsletter for the Society for Personality and Social Psychology, alongside a companion piece by John Bargh and ...

Philosophy, the journal of The Royal Institute of Philosophy is published by Cambridge University Press quarterly in January, April, July and October. The editorial policy of the journal pursues the ...

Philosophical Studies was founded in 1950 by Herbert Feigl and Wilfrid Sellars to provide a periodical dedicated to work in analytic philosophy. The journal remains devoted to the publication of ...

Two weekends ago, I rappelled off the end of my rope. I fell five feet, enough to badly break (“smash”) three bones in my ankle. Emergency surgery was performed at Saint Mary’s Regional Hospital in ...

It’s never a good time for another bout of genetic determinism, but it’s hard to imagine a worse one than this. Social inequality gapes, exacerbated by climate change, driving hostility towards ...